A process by which a mixture of ionic or neutral species is identified according to
the mass-to-charge
(
)
ratios (ions) or their aggregate atomic masses (neutrals). The analysis may be qualitative
and/or quantitative.
Source:
PAC, 1991, 63, 1541
(Recommendations for nomenclature and symbolism for mass spectroscopy (including an
appendix of terms used in vacuum technology). (Recommendations 1991))
on page 1545